Like Arthur Dent?
You miserable Geek. :) As for Kiran's comment on the market cashing in on an existing cultural bias - I couldn't agree more. I get annoyed when (Fair and Lovely) F&L is blamed. Or when someone with a cloying sense of virtue tells me "My maid would rather buy F&L for 26 rupees instead of buying a 16 eggs and feeding her kids. ". The market doesn't have to have a conscience. Besides who am I to make assumptions of intellectual superiority. If someone prefers their own skin to be light as opposed to dark - it's their choice. Yes, it does tell me a lot about their own "probable" bias - but well we all have our little battles. But more than fairness - I think it's the industry that thrives on "thin-ness" that's doing well. In parts of a very very niche market, while colour still is a parameter, clarity of skin (pimpleless, freckleless, hairess, wartless, moleless, ageless) is a big issue. And yes, when I see eight year girls vomiting their dinner out because they don't want to get fat - it makes me want to weep. -- Neha Viswanathan +44(0) 77695 65886 London, UK http://withinandwithout.com | http://globalvoicesonline.org
